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Mar 2023
An Andalusian Obelisk in Marbella
La Opinión de MálagaAn overview of Vicente de Espona's monumental works across Marbella and San Pedro Alcántara.
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A record of Vicente de Espona's presence in the local press and media: restorations, new locations and tributes that keep his work visible in Marbella's public spaces.
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May 2022
San Pedro Acquires Two More Sculptures by Vicente de Espona
Área Costa del SolThe Town Council adds La Danza and La Maternidad to San Pedro Alcántara's public art collection.
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Dec 2020
A Place for Vicente de Espona's Art at the Rosa Verde Cultural Centre
La Opinión de MálagaThe cultural centre in San Pedro Alcántara houses the artist's sculpture Araña.
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Dec 2020
Vicente de Espona's Araña Installed at the Rosa Verde Cultural Centre
Marbella 24 HorasThe Rosa Verde Cultural Centre welcomes Araña, a sculpture with a wrought-iron support acquired by the San Pedro Alcántara municipal office.
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Dec 2020
Vicente de Espona's Araña Now on Display at the Rosa Verde Cultural Centre
RTV MarbellaThe sculpture's new location was presented by the artist's widow, Ana María Muñoz.
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May 2019
Rafael Piña Visits Vicente de Espona's Mater-Huevo on San Pedro Alcántara Boulevard
Marbella Town CouncilCreated in 1991, Mater-Huevo is a tribute to motherhood. Councillor Rafael Piña thanked Ana María Muñoz for her work to raise the profile of Espona's sculptures in San Pedro Alcántara.
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Feb 2019
La Danza by Vicente de Espona in San Pedro de Alcántara
SanPedroMarbella.euAfter years in municipal storage, La Danza was restored and unveiled by deputy mayor Rafael Piña.
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Feb 2019
Vicente de Espona's La Danza Unveiled at Las Palmeras Viewpoint
Marbella DirectoThe sculptor's work was installed at the Las Palmeras viewpoint in San Pedro Alcántara.
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Feb 2019
San Pedro Alcántara Pays Tribute to Vicente de Espona with La Danza
Marbella Town CouncilThe sculpture stands near two other works by Espona, Mujer Pájaro and Regreso del Olivar, as part of a project to create an open-air museum dedicated to him.
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Mar 2018
Vicente de Espona at One Hundred
Diario SurAn opinion piece marking the centenary of the sculptor's birth on 24 March 1918.
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Aug 2017
Marbella Town Council Highlights Vicente de Espona's Monument to Andalusia in Plaza Paco Cantos
20minutosAn event attended by mayor José Bernal, former president of the Andalusian regional government Rafael Escuredo, and the artist's widow, Ana María Muñoz.
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Jun 2016
Town Council Awards the City Medal to Firefighters, Starlite, Sánchez Cantos and Vicente Espona
Marbella Town CouncilAt the same ceremony, Carlos Posac was named an Adopted Son of Marbella. The mayor praised the honourees' contributions to the municipality.
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Feb 2016
PSOE Marks Andalusia Day at Vicente de Espona's Monument
Marbella 24 HorasA floral tribute was held beside the Monument to Andalusia in the Divina Pastora neighbourhood. The sculptor's widow also attended.
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Dec 2015
Discovering Vicente de Espona
Diario SurTwenty years after the Valencian artist's death, Francisco Moyano recalls his life and work.
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Dec 2008
Sculpture Under Siege
RosaverdeRoadworks to place the highway underground in San Pedro Alcántara surrounded Síntesis without any protection for the sculpture.
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Archive Documents
A Vicente de Espona Sculpture in Camilo José Cela's Collection
This 1989 report in Interviú shows Rosario Conde, Camilo José Cela's wife, beside a sculpture by Vicente de Espona from the writer's private collection. The document records the presence of Espona's work in prominent Spanish cultural and literary circles.
Interviú, issue 703, 30 October 1989.
Text: Luis Cantero.
Photographs: Óscar Pipkin.
Text: Luis Cantero.
Photographs: Óscar Pipkin.